Streisand Discusses Design Book at NYC's BookExpo - ABC News
Creating the perfect house is more than a passion for Barbra Streisand. It's almost primal something you're looking for," Streisand said Tuesday at BookExpo America, where she was interviewed by Gayle King on stage at the Jacob K.

Sony Launches E-Book Joint Venture in Japan Ahead of - Daily Finance
Dell earlier this week announced a launch schedule for its Streak eBook reader, which will soon be joining Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, Apple's highly touted iPad and Sony's own Reader.

Cowell's Fiancee Hussainy To Write Tell All Book - Cinema Blend
Simon Cowell's fiancee is set to tell all about the music mogul and their romance in a new autobiography, according to a U.K. report. Mezhgan Hussainy is putting pen to paper to write her life story, which will detail her childhood in Afghanistan as well as her family's escape from the country. The

Too Close for Comfort? Author Penning Sarah Palin - ABC News
The fences in Sarah Palin's Wasilla, Alaska, neighborhood are about to get bigger Author Joe McGinniss, who has written critically of Palin in the past, rented the house next to the former GOP presidential candidate so he can write a book about

Amway co-CEOs Steve Van Andel, Doug DeVos - The Sun News
Western Union will slash its executive ranks and book $80 million in restructuring charges Among the 175 total eliminated positions will be executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents and vice presidents. One new executive vice president

Karl Rove in West Michigan for book signing - WWMT
PORTAGE/GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - At one time Karl Rove had the ear of the most powerful man in the world as Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W Bush. Wednesday he is coming to West Michigan. Rove will be at Meijer stores in Portage and Grand Rapids for book signings. The Portage

Chinese writer sues Google for copyright infringement - Rediff
A Chinese writer sued the search engine giant Google for illegally digitising her book for online reading and downloading in a Beijing [ Images ] court. Shanghai-based writer Wang Shen, who uses the pseudonym Mian Mian, alleged her copyright on the book, Acid Lover (Yansuan Qingren), was infringed

Sprinter's friend details scheme in book - ESPN.com
In a new book, a friend of Tim Montgomery details the check-writing scheme he masterminded and passed onto the sprinter and his then-girlfriend Marion Jones that landed both the track stars in jail. In his self-published book to be released next month, "Broken Silence of the Elite," Laushaun

Jeffery Deaver chosen to pen new James Bond novel - Toronto Star
Chill the vodka and dust off the martini glass. James Bond is back. A new novel featuring the world’s most famous secret agent is set to be published next year, the family company of Bond creator Ian Fleming said Friday. The as-yet untitled book